{"id":289466,"date":"2011-03-04T15:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/six-women-fatally-shot-in-ivory-coast-protests\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:28:31","slug":"six-women-fatally-shot-in-ivory-coast-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/six-women-fatally-shot-in-ivory-coast-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Six women fatally shot in Ivory Coast protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"61.2493619193\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"40\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>A U.S. official says a group of women was peacefully marching in Abidjan<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo used a tank to fire on the women<\/li>\n<li>Gbagbo is clinging to power despite calls for him to step down<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Security forces in Ivory Coast have fatally shot six women who were protesting the disputed president&#8217;s refusal to cede power, U.S. officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo used a tank to fire on the group, which was peacefully marching in Abidjan on Thursday, according to P.J. Crowley, a State Department spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>Gbagbo is clinging to power despite calls for him to concede after an electoral commission declared challenger Alassane Ouattara the winner of a November presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders have been embroiled in a violent power struggle over the disputed vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We condemn the use of violence against civilians and we demand that Laurent Gbagbo step aside in the name of peace,&#8221; Crowley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes between their supporters have left scores dead and sparked concerns that the west African nation is headed toward a civil war.<\/p>\n<p>At least 365 people have been killed since the crisis started in December, the United Nations said.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, with about 200,000 leaving the Abidjan area alone since the clashes started.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations refugee agency warned Friday that it is becoming impossible to maintain access to people in need of urgent humanitarian aid due to the escalating violence.<\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Faith Karimi contributed to this report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/he6yjzr7ITY\/index.html\" title=\"Six women fatally shot in Ivory Coast protests\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six women fatally shot in Ivory Coast protests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS A U.S. official says a group of women was peacefully marching in Abidjan Soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo used a tank to fire on the women Gbagbo is clinging to power despite calls for him to step down (CNN) &#8212; Security forces in Ivory Coast have fatally shot six women who were protesting the disputed president&#8217;s refusal to cede power, U.S. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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